US Sens. Blackburn, Blumenthal press TikTok on withholding child safety features
( August 20, 2026, 17:10 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: US Senators Marsha Blackburn and Richard Blumenthal wrote to TikTok regarding a recent report that the social media company knowingly withheld an algorithmic safety measure from users to determine whether the safeguard would reduce engagement on its platform. The senators asked whether TikTok conducted a risk assessment before the experiment, what the results of the experiment were, and how many US users TikTok has placed in experiments that withheld safety features.Statement follows in full. Also see attached file. ...
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